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Adequacy and Abundance
A complete lack of those things which are requisite to human existence would be experienced by comparatively few. Actual starvation, for example, would be exceptional, although there doubtless have been many who were, in belief, on the verge of starvation. Varying degrees of poverty and lack are, however, familiar to many mortals, and many more who are not actually without the necessities of existence—food, clothing, housing, etc.—are yet without an adequate sense of supply. They appear to be in a more or less chronic state of inadequacy and insufficiency. It is becoming evident to students of Christian Science that such conditions are due to poverty of thought, to inadequate realization of the allness, ever-presence, and availability of infinite good.
It does not follow, however, that possession of an abundance of material things is of itself an indication of spiritual understanding on the part of their possessor. Quite the contrary is frequently found to be the fact. And Jesus said, "A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." It is quite as possible to have too many material things as to have too few. A plethora of things does not bring happiness. This fact was plainly indicated by the Preacher, who wrote: "The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing;" and who also said, after showing the futility of believing that human power and material possessions can bring contentment, "Behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."

November 2, 1935 issue
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On Exploring the Present
ALBERT F. GILMORE
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"Beloved Christian Scientists"
ALMA SCHIERBAUM
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Lesson of the Gnarled Tree
GLENN E. DOUGLAS
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Applying Christian Science
HAZEL A. WESTON
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Our Part in the Church Service
VINTON A. HOLBROOK
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"Study to be quiet"
MURIEL NELSON
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Maintaining Our Identity
JESSIE LOUISE SALLS
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Love Meets Our Need
ELLA A. STONE
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Your issue of August 17 contains a short article on "The...
Charles W. J. Tennant, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
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The Record of February 24 quotes a member of the...
Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,
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The station announcer said: "Good afternoon, ladies and...
"Church of the Air" talk over Columbia Broadcasting System by William Wallace Porter,
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Putting Our Trust in God
Duncan Sinclair
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Adequacy and Abundance
George Shaw Cook
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The Lectures
with contributions from Alice T. Edwards, Mildred Coshun
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The truth as revealed in Christian Science has been a...
John Edmund Pearson
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I wish to express my sincere gratitude for Christian Science...
Mayme L. Clopton
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Early in my experience in Christian Science, in fact before...
Juanita R. Jordan with contributions from Donald S. Jordan
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I did not come into Christian Science because of any...
Kate Holland Patton
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When I first began to attend the Christian Science...
Fritz Bauer with contributions from Johanna Duss, Frida Bührer
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When I began the study of Christian Science, in 1900, I...
Ellen S. Johnson
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I feel immense gratitude for Christian Science
Ivy E. Gandy
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In February, 1928, the doctors told me that nothing could...
Minnie Beckwith
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The Awakening!
SUSAN F. CAMPBELL
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Stephen C. Clark, George M. Anderson, A Correspondent, Bruce Brown, J. V. Tinnin, John Snape